IMO this is a very bad idea because the key problem with the House is already that too few legislators have anything meaningful to do. Massively expanding the size of the house would just further weaken it vis a vis the presidency and the senate.
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idk i think having more representatives per capita (or, a representative required to balance the views of fewer constituents) is, on principle, a good thing
aug 29, 2025, 2:25 am • 8 1 • view
on the other hand - setting it at the correct proportion would end the gops ability to ever take the house. It would create dozens of house sets in the blue parts of texas.
aug 29, 2025, 1:55 am • 3 0 • view
every Rep has meaningful work to do, representing their constituents, which is harder to do when their are 750k of them instead of 100k.
aug 29, 2025, 1:14 am • 15 1 • view
plus there is the whole effect on the EC, which is probably even more important.
aug 29, 2025, 1:17 am • 8 0 • view
The best option would just be to peg the elector count to a fixed number (1 per 30,000) and to keep the house as it is. Though, at that point, you might as well just go full popular vote. Something we almost certainly would have gotten had Kerry won in 2004.
aug 29, 2025, 1:27 am • 3 0 • view
how in the world would Kerry winning have led to a Constitutional Amendment regarding the EC?
aug 29, 2025, 1:34 am • 3 0 • view
If Kerry wins Ohio (which only requires a very small boost in the two party vote there) we have two presidents in a row, one from each party, who take office while having lost the popular vote.
aug 29, 2025, 2:05 am • 3 0 • view
Lol so? The GOP would still never cede power to cities.
aug 29, 2025, 2:10 am • 1 0 • view
that would require a Constitutional Amendment and not even come close to addressing malapportionment
aug 29, 2025, 1:33 am • 1 0 • view
I don't trust that GOP led states wouldn't pull out of previous commitments if it were ever to reach critical mass, but it seems like the Nation Popular Vote compact offers a viable way to a popularly elected President w/o needing to amend the Constitution en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationa...
aug 29, 2025, 2:21 am • 1 0 • view
Lol they've been trying that for decades and which red states. Not a single red state has enacted it. It's a Dem pipe dream.
aug 29, 2025, 2:33 am • 0 0 • view